Boro, New South Wales
# Boro, New South Wales

Boro is a rural locality of New South Wales, Australia in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, near the village of Tarago, about 50 km south of Goulburn. The name is a variation of the Aboriginal bora ring. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 97.

Boro Creek is a tributary of the Shoalhaven River.

The bushranger, William Westwood, known as "Jackey Jackey", operated in the area.

Silver was mined in the area and there are a number of mining relics and shafts around.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Boro". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
* ↑ "Boro". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
* ↑ "About William Westwood". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
* ↑ The book Monaro; Lost Mines Revisited by B McGowan covers the area and details the mining history.
* This Southern Tablelands geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
* v
* t
* e
